Phillies Claim Reliever Nestor, Drop Rosario
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, October 02, 2008 12:12 PM | Comments: 5
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Todd Zolecki reported in his notebook that the Phillies claimed former Marlins relief pitcher Scott Nestor off waivers, and released reliever Francisco Rosario.
Nestor, 23, went 1-1 with a 7.44 ERA in 61.2 innings with AAA Albuquerque. The righty has been making a steady ascension to the majors, with an approximately 2:1 K:BB ratio and close to a hit per inning. He was originally offered to the Phillies in exchange for Wes Helms, but the Phils neglected, deciding not to pay $1.8M of Helms’ salary at the time.
Rosario spent 26.1 innings with the Phillies in 2007, scoring a 5.47 ERA as part of a revolving bullpen. He spent all of 2008 on the disabled list. Nestor took Rosario’s place on the 40-man roster and will likely join the Florida Instructional League.
Posts: 0 phan_in_babylon
you know, i have been wondering about rosario for months. his injury didn’t sound that serious in april. remember when he was actually in contention for the 5th spot?
Posted: 12:32 PM on October 2, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
I thought Rosario got TOMMY JOHN this year… ?? He threw hard, and had potential, but was very wild at times.. I dont know jack sh1t about this guy, but I know that Rosario wasn’t the answer to any additional bullpen-prayers
Posted: 12:38 PM on October 2, 2008
Posts: 0 Durbinator
Looking at Scott Nestor’s stats, it looks like he has a lot of strikeouts, but also gives up a lot of walks. He seems to have command issues but is probably a hard thrower. So basically he is a younger/healthy version of Rosario.
Posted: 12:53 PM on October 2, 2008
Posts: 0 Eb
Just read about this guy. Fastball sits easily at 94-96, problem is he really doesnt have anything else. He is working on a curve that is not very good. To me sounds like a future Madson, hard throwing right hander who depends on a fastball.
I really dont have a problem with this trade.
Posted: 01:24 PM on October 2, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Good move, it’s nice seeing the organisation get agressive with the guys going to LV and you never know what you’ll develop from there (or be really disappointed with- Blackley).
Posted: 02:35 PM on October 2, 2008